• NHS Data Model and Dictionary:

  NHS Data Model and Dictionary Service
  NHS Connecting for Health
  Princes Exchange
  Princes Square
  Leeds
  LS1 4HY

  Email: datastandards@nhs.net

  NHS Data Model and Dictionary Service Website:
  http://www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/systemsandservices/data/datamodeldictionary
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• Information Standards Board for Health and Social Care:

  Information Standards Board for Health and Social Care
  Princes Exchange 
  Princes Square
  Leeds
  LS1 4HY

Website: http://www.isb.nhs.uk/

Email: isb@nhs.net

• Department of Health

Website:  Department of Health website

Queries:  Contact Us Details

Email: dhmail@dh.gsi.gov.uk

The NHS Information Centre for health and social care

Website: The NHS Information Centre for Health and Social Care website

Queries:  Contact Us Details

Email: enquiries@ic.nhs.uk

• Hospital Episode Statistics (HES):

Website: HES online

Queries: HES queries

• Clinical Coding general enquiries:

  International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10);
  OPCS-4 Classification of Interventions and Procedures;
  Clinical Terms (The Read Codes);
  SNOMED CT (Systematised Nomenclature of Medicine Clinical Terms)

  For all general enquiries, contact:

  NHS Connecting for Health
  Data Standards and Products Help Desk

E-mail: datastandards@nhs.net

Website: http://www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/systemsandservices/data/clinicalcoding/

• Electronic copies of International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) Volumes 1, 2 and 3
  • The ICD-10 metadata file and its specification;
  • The ICD-10 Codes and Titles (on diskette);
  • The ICD-10 Tables of Equivalence (on diskette);
• OPCS-4 Classification of Interventions and Procedures;
  • OPCS-4 Codes and Titles;
  • OPCS-4 metadata file;
  • OPCS-4 Tables of Coding Equivalence;
  • Electronic format of Index and Tabular List of OPCS-4;
• Clinical Terms (The Read Codes) and SNOMED CT® (Systematised Nomenclature of Medicine Clinical Terms) are released to licensees every six months (March and September) via the Technology Reference Data Update Distribution Service (TRUD).

Information on the Technology Reference Data Update Distribution Service (TRUD) can be found at the TRUD website.

Hard copy versions of ICD-10 and the Tabular List of OPCS-4 are available from The Stationery Office (formerly HMSO).

• Organisation Data Service Queries:

Organisation Data Service
Hexagon House
Pynes Hill
Rydon Lane
Exeter
Devon EX2 5SE

Email: exeter.helpdesk@nhs.net

Telephone: 01392 251 289

Organisation Data Service website pages:

• NHSnet pages where data is published: http://nww.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/ods/
• Public domain pages: http://www.nhs.uk/ods/
• Information pages on the NHS Connecting for Health website:
  http://www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/systemsandservices/data/standards/ods/index_html

Information on the Technology Reference Data Update Distribution Service (TRUD) can be found at the TRUD website.

• Postcodes:

Office for National Statistics

Telephone: 0845 601 3034

Fax: 01633 652747

Email: info@statistics.gov.uk

Website: http://www.ons.gov.uk/about

National Health Service Postcode Directory (NHSPD) Website: http://www.ons.gov.uk/about